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Individual attitudes towards immigrants: welfare-state determinants across countries
Facchini, Giovanni; Mayda, Anna Maria - 2006
This paper analyzes welfare-state determinants of individual attitudes towards immigrants - within and across countries - and their interaction with labor-market drivers of preferences. We consider two different mechanisms through which a redistributive welfare system might adjust as a result of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267885
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Less Welfare or Fewer Foreigners? Immigrant Inflows and Public Opinion towards Redistribution and Migration Policy
Murard, Elie - 2017
I examine the effect of immigrant inflows in Europe on natives' individual attitudes towards redistribution and immigration policy over the last decade. Unlike previous studies, I analyze the evolution over time of these two types of attitudes in a joint empirical framework. Using migration data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011744517
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Individual Attitudes towards Immigrants: Welfare-State Determinants Across Countries
Facchini, Giovanni; Mayda, Anna Maria - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
This paper analyzes welfare-state determinants of individual attitudes towards immigrants - within and across countries - and their interaction with labor-market drivers of preferences. We consider two different mechanisms through which a redistributive welfare system might adjust as a result of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005233856
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Religion in Economic History: A Survey
Becker, Sascha O.; Rubin, Jared; Woessmann, Ludger - 2020
This chapter surveys the recent social science literature on religion in economic history, covering both socioeconomic causes and consequences of religion. Following the rapidly growing literature, it focuses on the three main monotheisms—Judaism, Christianity, and Islam—and on the period up...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012270049
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Unintended Consequences: Can the Rise of the Educated Class Explain the Revival of Protectionism?
Giordani, Paolo E.; Mariani, Fabio - 2020
This paper provides a rationale for the revival of protectionism, based on the rise of the educated class. In a trade … model with heterogeneous workers and entrepreneurs, globalization generates aggregate gains but has distributional effects …, which can be attenuated through taxation. By playing a two-stage political game, citizens decide on trade openness and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012180142
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The Impact of Labor Market Reforms on Capital Flows, Wages and Unemployment
Beissinger, Thomas - 2001
The paper contributes to the globalization debate by scrutinizing the international spillover effects which are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262594
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The Impact of Labor Market Reforms on Capital Flows, Wages and Unemployment
Beissinger, Thomas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001
The paper contributes to the globalization debate by scrutinizing the international spillover effects which are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566676
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Workers' Views of the Impact of Trade on Jobs
Brown, Clair; Lane, Julia; Sturgeon, Timothy - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Although public policy is influenced by the perception that workers worry about the impact of trade on their jobs … of the impact of trade are related to their career paths, job characteristics, and local labor market conditions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008764585
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The Impact of Globalization and Technology Transfer on Manufacturing Employment and Skills in Ethiopia
Haile, Getinet Astatike; Srour, Ilina; Vivarelli, Marco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
played by trade and FDI in determining employment. The empirical results obtained lend support to globalization having a … countries (LDCs) embarking on globalization, which enhances the prospect of direct technological imports or embodied …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010723562
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The Impact of Globalization and Technology Transfer on Manufacturing Employment and Skills in Ethiopia
Haile, Getinet Astatike; Srour, Ilina; Vivarelli, Marco - 2013
played by trade and FDI in determining employment. The empirical results obtained lend support to globalization having a … countries (LDCs) embarking on globalization, which enhances the prospect of direct technological imports or embodied …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010329092